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Cleaning-Rod for Rifled Firearms.
Patent for a cleaning rod for rifles, which allows rapid movements in and out and turns a rag easily inside the barrel without tearing the cloth.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Price, Thomas Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis
Patent for a clevis. This invention is designed to connect with gang plows allowing vertical and lateral movement. Illustration included.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Barnett, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Quilting-Frame and Ironing-Board
Patent for a quilting frame that can also be used as an ironing board. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Lowry, Moses M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Forming Gun Barrels.
Patent for an apparatus for forming gun barrels that twists a sheet of metal into a tube for the gun barrel at a slight angle, while slightly flattening the tube into an oval shape. This method is supposed to create ribs within the gun barrel.
Date:
September 10, 1917
Creator:
Cole, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Watering Plants
Patent for improvements in plant-watering apparatuses by inventor Elton F. Reid.
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Reid, Elton F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood Column Turning Lathe
Patent for a wood column turning lathe. Illustration included.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Bible, Hunley
System:
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Valve-Operating Mechanism
Patent for Valve Operating Mechanism that includes "new and useful improvements" (lines 5-6), and "has for its primary object to provide a simple and efficient means for operating a valve at a distance" (lines 10-12).
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Baurens, Jean Marie, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Cutter
Patent for "a simple, light and inexpensive tool which an be handled easily by women working in gardens and fields, particularly for cutting sand burs and cockle burs" (lines 9-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Klaffert, Katie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lure-Conveyer
Patent for a conveying lure used in dog races. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Smith, Owen P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Tower
Patent for a windmill tower. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Eubank, Josephus H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Splitting Machine
Patent for improvements in wood-splitting machines whereby the billet or stick of wood to be split is positioned in the path of the maul or hammer after being placed on the blade.
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Taylor, Lawerence S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box
Patent for a mail box with an indicating flag.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Tumey, Thomas House
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lap Link
Patent for a lap link. Illustration included.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Long, Abijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Cultivators.
Patent for improvement in digging or cultivation machines primarily adapted to the cultivation of cotton. Includes parts that can be added or removed from the machine, thereby reducing the number of machines needed for farm work. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
September 10, 1872
Creator:
Forsgard, Gustave A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
House-Moving Truck.
Patent for a simple, easy to use house-moving truck that goes under the sills of a house after it has been lifted from its foundation. It has "a swiveled caster, which is held in place by means of removable plates and braced by removable rods held in eyes of screw-rods, which pass through the bed-plate of the device and engage in the sleepers or sills of the building to be moved" (lines 19-24).
Date:
September 10, 1895
Creator:
Davis, Mace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Syringe Attachment
Patent for an attachment to connect syringe to liquid container for increased efficiency
Date:
September 10, 1901
Creator:
Poe, James Granger
System:
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Tag-Holder.
Patent for a tag holder for attaching to boxes and cases.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Guinn, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Cooling Device
Patent for a pneumatic cooling device for linotype machines that keeps the molds cool.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Sundstrom, Herman T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Warmer
Patent for Milk-Warmer that heats "milk with the purpose of souring the same in preparation of the milk for churning" (lines 10-12).
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Ault, Ella A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Irrigating Plants
Patent for irrigating plants, trees, shrubs, or others alike by pinpointing where the root has the most moisture to be readily taken up.
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Reid, F. Elton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tightening Device For Spring Bed-Bottoms.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in tightening devices for spring bed bottoms, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 10, 1899
Creator:
Lottman, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Underreamer
Patent for an under-reamer for use in drilling oil wells.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Wagner, Warren
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stone-Sawing Machine
Patent for new and unique improvements to stone-sawing machines.
Date:
September 10, 1889
Creator:
Ferguson, James Crawford
System:
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Theatrical Schedule and Advertising Cabinet
Patent for a display cabinet used for advertising theatrical plays and their time and location. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Mullaly, Thomas W.
System:
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